Christine Welch Green, 83, of Tifton passed away Monday, November 15, 2004, at Cypress Pond Assisted Living in Tifton. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, 2004, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Jim Williams and the Rev. Carroll Rutland officiating. Ms. Green was laid to rest at Rutland Family Cemetery in Tifton.
Royce Boone, Larry Rutland, Jerry Rutland, Terrell Rutland, Joe Antonorio and Braxton Grantham served as pallbearers.
Born November 7, 1921, in Lenox, Ms. Green was the daughter of the late Roland Welch and Mamie Rutland Welch. She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Shirley Pope Dasher and Darlene Thompson Blakeney; one brother, Horace Welch; and one sister, Jean Welch McLeod. She was a member of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Berrien County.
Ms. Green is survived by two daughter and sons-in-law, Carol and Travis Hurst of Tifton and Betty and Steve Searcy of Yulee, Florida; two brothers, Ray Welch of Albany and Carlton Welch of Lenox; six grandchildren and their spouses, Kim and Bill Clark, Clint Hurst, Clay Hurst, Stacy and Lisa Searcy, Leigh and Jeff Betts and Christie Thompson; and six great-grandchildren, Whitnie Betts, Hayden Searcy, Caroline Clark, Hunter Betts, Dawson Searcy and Will Clark.